#D9CA4B#D9CA4B

#D9CA4B is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.575; OKLCH L 82.8% C 0.145 H 102.5°. Best body text is #000000 at 12.50:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D9CA4B
RGB	rgb(217, 202, 75)
HSL	hsl(54, 65%, 57%)
HSV	hsv(54, 65%, 85%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 6.9%, 65.4%, 14.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(80.46, -9.46, 62.86)
CIE-LCH	lch(80.46, 63.57, 98.56°)
OKLab	oklab(82.83% -0.0316 0.1419)
OKLCH	oklch(82.83% 0.145 102.5)
XYZ	xyz(51.0079, 57.5028, 15.0676)
Luminance	0.5750 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D9CA4B #4B5AD9

analogous

#D9834B #D9CA4B #A1D94B

triadic

#D9CA4B #4BD9CA #CA4BD9

tetradic

#D9CA4B #4BD983 #4B5AD9 #D94BA1

square

#D9CA4B #4BD983 #4B5AD9 #D94BA1

split-complementary

#D9CA4B #4BA1D9 #834BD9

monochromatic

#8C801E #BFAF28 #D9CA4B #E4D97E #EEE8B0

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.68

#D9CA4B on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

12.50

#D9CA4B on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D9CA4B

12.50:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D9CA4B	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D9CA4B	1.00	1.68	12.50	12.50
#FFFFFF	1.68	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	12.50	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#DCC43A

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#E0CB52

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E9BCB0

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C8C8C8

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d9ca4b;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(217, 202, 75);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(82.8% 0.145 102.5);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e8d983',
    500: '#d9ca4b',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d9ca4b;
$custom-light: #e8d983;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d9ca4b",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 217,
    "g": 202,
    "b": 75
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 53.662,
    "s": 65.138,
    "l": 57.255
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.82832,
    "c": 0.14535,
    "h": 102.5
  },
  "luminance": 0.57501
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D9CA4B

secondary

#364092

accent

#51E840

background

#FFFEFB

surface

#FEFBF2

border

#D6D4CC

text

#16140B

muted

#85837E

Preview Lab

Preview with #D9CA4B

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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